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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.11.13

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 11: Daśaratha’s pleas fail to move Kaikeyī. Kaikeyī insists that Daśaratha honour his promise, his night-long appeals fail to change her demands

In the sequence: he first begs the night not to end, then wishes it would pass so that he need no longer look at Kaikeyī → with folded hands, he appeals to her compassion

2.11.13

śūnyena khalu suśroṇi mayedaṃ samudāhṛtam
kuru sādhu prasādaṃ me bāle sahṛdayā hy asi

Surely, O fair-hipped one, it was by a witless man that this was said; grant me your gracious favour, O girl, for you are kind-hearted.

Words: śūnyena — by an empty(-minded) man; khalu — surely; suśroṇi — O fair-hipped one; mayedaṃ — by me this; samudāhṛtam — was uttered; kuru — do, grant; sādhu — kindly, well; prasādaṃ — favour; me — to me; bāle — O girl, O young one; sahṛdayā — kind-hearted; hy — for; asi — you are

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.